Re:Eelo: A Google-less Android alternative emerges
by meneame2 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @01:40PM
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From the article:
> Unless you are a geek, LineageOS is not realistically usable if you don't want Google inside
Why? LineageOS plus F-Droid with Firefox, OsmAnd~ and Conversations is surprisingly usable.
I agree it could get a bit more polish. But if Eelo is going to be a big effort, maybe he should try to go for a full Linux distro like Jolla sans the closed components. With stuff like Anbox (Android containers) it should be moderately easy to bootstrap an ecosystem.
> Unless you are a geek, LineageOS is not realistically usable if you don't want Google inside
Why? LineageOS plus F-Droid with Firefox, OsmAnd~ and Conversations is surprisingly usable.
I agree it could get a bit more polish. But if Eelo is going to be a big effort, maybe he should try to go for a full Linux distro like Jolla sans the closed components. With stuff like Anbox (Android containers) it should be moderately easy to bootstrap an ecosystem.